Last I had looked at it the answer was "no" if we are talking about encrypted channels (nearly all of them are).
The only way you can tune encrypted digital cable is through the use of a Cablecard. Something you would have to obtain from your cable provider. This is why some of the new television sets have cablecard slots built into them. This way people arent forced into renting or purchasing a cablebox. I have not seen a pci or usb cablecard addon for whitebox/homemade PCs. There is a device made by AMD/ATI but it is for use with OEM systems from the likes of Dell and HP and has some serious DRM lockdown stuff. ...now if your provider does have unencrypted qam, Clear QAM, channels then you should be able to get those. --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Bobby Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Bobby Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [H] QAM and digital cable... > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 3:43 PM > Hey, > > I currently record regular cable TV with my Hauppauge > PVR-150. I know that > the PVR-1600 can do QAM. I know this is supposed to let me > record > unencrypted HD channels, but does it also mean that I would > be able to > record the regular digital channels without having a cable > box? > > Or, I guess in general, does a QAM enabled tuner allow me > to record > unencrypted HD and unencrypted digital channels in addition > to regular > cable? > > Thanks, > Bobby
